Thank you, and, yes, I read you thoughts on this and I think you're spot-on. I'm actually thinking hard as to what would make Jack think otherwise (other than the fact that he was duped, and it probably soothes his ego to think that she was just that good).

Also, on some level he's still so besotted with her he thinks everyone must love Irina. Because she is so completely loveable. He has the same anxiety about how Sydney is going to abandon him for her mother in Season Two.

He talks about Sydney and Jack (and now Nadia), but no Irina. And he hasn't gone out of his way to help her in any way, whereas he's sacrificed quite a bit for Jack and Sydney.

To anyone with eyes who is not Jack Bristow, it is obvious that Sloane does not love Irina Derevko. He respects her, certainly, is maybe even kind of fond of her when she's not sending his best friend to kill him. But when Sloane loves someone, he is very very obvious about it.

Go watch now immediately!!

Alas, the disks just arrived in Melbourne today, but I am in the country away from my letterbox. Woe.

Mmm, Jack!sandwich.

It's a nice thought, isn't it?

They're a bit stranded, he's a bit hypothermic and unsconscious, so they cuddle up to him to keep themselves alive.

Ah, hypothermia. Best beloved medical condition of slash writers everywhere.